[Jims5543]

My first time taking off that crank bolt took up and entire Saturday, lots of cursing, lots of temper tantrums, too many trips to the car parts store.

I never thought to drop the engine down and hit it with an impact. I ended up with a large breaker bar and 6 foot long pipe to break it loose.

Jake - Do the timing belt it buys your friend another 20K miles before he has to deal with it again. Your taking it off anyway. I have no ide how many miles a year he puts on the thing but it may buy him another year or two beofre he has to deal with it again.

Mine broke with me trying to squeeze more out of it..... bent valve city.